Pab Sungenis
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Re: Syria. Look at it this way.
A ragtag bunch of rebels, struggling against a leader they consider an unelected tyrant, are hanging on for dear life.
The leader disregards his nation's laws and the standards of war. He barely holds off the rebels. Eventually he orders his generals to destroy entire cities in an effort to put down the rebellion.
You are the leader of the nation with the greatest military force in the world. You are called upon to intervene to stop the bloodshed and punish the tyrant, hopefully forcing him out of office. You can lead a decapitating strike, having your ships start an intense bombardment that will cripple much of the tyrant's warmaking ability in a matter of days.
Do you choose to intervene?
Congratulations, Lord Palmerston. You have stopped the American Civil War, ended the Lincoln Administration, and guaranteed the victory of the Confederacy.
Folks, Syria is in a civil war. They are not threatening their neighbors or anyone else. This is an internal matter. We have no right to intervene militarily.
Sanctions? Yes. Boycotts? Yes. Bombs? No.
This is not our war.
Recommended reading: "The Man" by Irving Wallace
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0051GZIQE/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0051GZIQE&linkCode=as2&tag=thepabsungeni-20I just re-read this the other day. Sadly, it's out of print except for Kindle and audiobook formats, but for those of you who can read such formats (or those who don't mind hunting down a used copy) it's worth the read.
Publisher's synopsis:
This is the theme of what was surely one of the most provocative novels of the 1960s. It takes the reader into the storm center of the presidency, where Dilman, until now an almost unknown senator, must bear the weight of three burdens: his office, his race, and his private life.
From beginning to end, The Man is a novel of swift and tremendous drama, as President Dilman attempts to uphold his oath in the face of international crises, domestic dissension, violence, scandal, and ferocious hostility. Push comes to shove in a breathtaking climax, played out in the full glare of publicity, when the Senate of the United States meets for the first time in one hundred years to impeach the President.
The hatred and racism leveled against Dilman in this book is only shocking in how much more open it is than what we see thrown at President Obama today. In the intervening decades, the racists have learned how to mask their bigotry slightly better.
Genocide Stage 6: Preparation
http://thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/russian-parliament-working-on-bill-to-return-gays-normal-life-via-free-ex-gay-therapy/politics/2013/08/26/73879The “therapy” supposedly would be anonymous and voluntary. But given Russia’s current war on the LGBT community, how long would it be before the government-sponsored “ex-gay therapy” became not voluntary, but mandatory? Would those convicted of violating Russia’s “homosexual propaganda” laws be “offered” the option to undergo harmful conversion therapy in lieu of a jail sentence? The mind reels at the possibilities.
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Wake up, people. It is "again." We still have time to stop this new holocaust, but since some people here still think that the persecution of LGBT is "horseshit" and a "revolting little political game" one has to wonder if we have the political will to do so.
Question submitted by Pab Sungenis
Coke and McDonald's to LGBT: Drop Dead.
Joe.My.God. has the official announcements from Coke and McDonald's on the Sochi Olympics. I love how they basically say "we love our LGBT customers, however...."Coke:
McDonald's:
Teenage rape victim ordered to pay child support to his rapist
http://livewirereview.com/pay-child-support/?utm_source=taboolaThis is the case for now 19-year-old Jeremy Steen, of Lincoln, Nebraska. In 2008, Steen was seduced and raped repeatedly by his 34-year-old baby sitter Linda Kazinsky. Sources testified that the sexual abuse took place weekly for nearly 3 years. After police were alerted, Ms. Kazinsky was arrested and charged with statutory rape and false imprisonment.
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Jeremy had his day in court and was ordered to pay $475 a month in child support to Linda Kazinsky as well as a whopping $23,000 in back Child Support payments.
With genocide, stage 5 of 8 has been reached. Only three remain.
Stage 1: Classification.
Russia Anti-Gay Bill: Russia Passes Radical Family Values Bill While President Announces Divorce On TV
Stage 2: Symbolization.
Russian Gays Forced To Drink Urine And Beaten As Part Of “Cure” By Nationalist Thugs
Stage 3: Dehumanization
Dmitri Kisilev, Russian Official, Degrades Gays On National Television
Stage 4: Organization
Russian vigilantes are videoing the kidnapping, beating and torture of young gays
Stage 5: Polarization
Russian lawmaker: Gay activists must die for 'extremism'
All that is left are:
Stage 6: Preparation.
Stage 7: Extermination.
Only 6 and 7 remain, because a healthy chunk of people, or at least posters here on DU, are already at Stage 8: Denial.
It's not too late to stop this.
"Alert doesn't work for fags."
That was how the anti-gay moderation from 2009-2011 was best explained.
Today, it looks like it's still the case.
I'm done with GD.
No point trying to discuss anti-gay genocide there, and another 0-6 alert on a homophobe underlines the fact that those who don't toe the sit-down-and-shut-up line are not welcome there.
I'm going to stick to hanging out in here for a while.
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